rb.

Here would be great!

I haven't had time to try it out yet, as I have furniture to paint in the garage before the temps are too low...we're dangerously close to freezing at night. Grrrr...

rb.

Thank you.

It may be an advanced block, but instructions on how to put it together from the website would still be nice. LOL I've been sewing for 35 years, but only doing quilts for a few. I'm not a visual person, though, and looking at the pattern for quite a long time just threw me.

Thanks for all of your suggestions.

kitsykeel

RB:how would you do this?

Go to the site for Jenny, click on free patterns, click on Devonshire (pattern name), click on download PDF and instructions will come up. At least they did for me. That is a very interesting and complicated block but I would like to try it sometime, maybe after finishing holiday wall hangings for sale at a bazaar. Good luck and let us know if you figure it out.

KiwiQuilter

Remember that Jinny Beyer is a hand piecer, so she might approach the block slightly different than a machine piecer.

grann of 6

My foremost suggestion would be to pay attention to that "advanced" in the corner. If you are an advanced quilter then feel good about jumping right in. But if you have some hesitation, I would suggest trying part of it first before jumping into buying all the fabric and looking at it as a "whole". While I am an Advanced seamstress (make wedding gowns etc) and my knowledge is pretty far along when it comes to quilting, I would never try something as daunting as that; mainly because at some point I would become discouraged because I couldn't do it "perfectly" and then would turn it into a UFO.

catmcclure

I'm a graphic person and love paper piecing and jigsaw puzzles. If I were making this block, I'd paper piece it as shown in the diagram attached. As I said before, I'd do the block (6, 8, 8, 5, 4) then do the (3, 3, 2 star point).

Lockeb

catmcclure...
I love the way you put this one together....I also love paper piecing........this does look like a really fun project..

catmcclure

Yeah, it does look like fun, but most of the design (the star points) depends on Jinny's fabric.

Like I said, print out all the templates, trim and tape, and print out a paper piece project. Or, if you're like me, pull the templates into photoshop and make a paper piece project.

rb.

catmcclure, thank you, thank you, thank you so much.

Part of my problem has been that I can only look at the diagram in the upper left corner on the PDF page ONLINE, since that PDF (and the TIFF) won't print properly from my printer. The pattern pieces come out "OK", needing some line gaps filled in, but the diagram at the top doesn't print out at all. Having to look at it online, without being able to draw triangles, etc. around the pieces to figure out it's construction, has been very difficult. Will have to get to my SIL's to print it out.

As for it being an advanced block...to me there is no advanced, just more time consuming, and more attention needed to detail.

OHSue

I would probably try foundation piecing this one. Beautiful block but looks intimidating, as does most of Jinny Beyer's stuff, at least to me!